Tile for pavements, sidewalks, and other like constructions.



. C. SEIPP.

TILE FOR PAVEMENTS,'SIDEWALKS, AND OTHER LIKE CONSTRUCTIO NS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 31. 191,4.

Patented July 20, 1915.

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HENRY C. SEIPP, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA..

TILE FOR PAVEMENTS, SIDEWALKS, AND OTHER LIKE CONSTRUGTIONS.

To all 1071 cm it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY G. SEIPP, a resident of Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a newand useful Improvement in Tiles for Pavements, Sidewalks, and other like Constructions; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof. x

The present invention, relates tolights, lenses, or tiles for pavements, sidewalks, vaults, floor lights and other like constructions. i

pavements, sidewalks, vaults, fioor lights and such constructions, glass tile was generally used, which tile was made of a single piece of glass and pressed while hot in iron molds into a great variety of shapes. In such tile, the designers strove to produce a transparent tile which would be unbreakable by the mere action of natural elements, such as expansion and contraction of the material in which the tile is embedded, as well by the expansion and contraction of the tileitself, as by the action of heat and cold, such for instance, as the suns rays on the upper surface upon the sidewalk con taining such tile while the under side is acted upon by the cooler atmosphere in the space under the side walk or' within the vault, which condition is reversed inthe winter or colder season, and the influence of which has been very destructive to all glass tile heretofore use for this purposejDesigners have striven to devise a tile in which the strain contained therein would be so evenly distributed as to produce a condition as nearly equal to elimination of strain as possible, but this condition could not be obtained in a tile composed of a single piece of glass, as generally used for this purpose.

The object of the present invention is to overcome these objections and to form a light for pavements, sidewalks, vaults, etc., which will be cheap, simple, and efficient in its construction and use, can be easily and cheaply manufactured and assembled for use, and will not be liable to become destroyed or injured when in use.

To these ends the invention consists, generally stated, in the novel arrangement, construction and combination of parts, as

.Sii'ecifieation of Letters Patent.

Heretofore, in the formation of lightsin Patented July 20, 1915.

Application filednifuly 31, 1914. Serial No. 854,270. I

hereinafter more specifically set forth and described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

To enable others skilled in the art to which this invention appertains to construct, use and apply the improved tile for pavements, etc., the accompanying drawing will' be referred to in which Figure 1 is a top plan view of a sidewalk showing the improved tile applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a section of the same on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the tiles removed. Fig. 4: is a bottom view of the same.

Like symbols of reference herein indicate like parts in each of the figures of the drawmg.

As illustrated, the sidewalk or other like construction a is built up in any approved and suitable manner to form the spaces Z2 therein for the glass tile 1, as hereinafter described, and when such tiles are in place, the top of the sidewalk is finished by pouring and spreading of cement 0 which fills all voids and crevices in the parts. The cement is then troweleddown to a smooth finished surface and even with the top surface of said tiles, and when dry and set forms the finished structure.

The glass tile 1 is formed of two or more pieces 2 of glass, which are made or cut to the required size and shape in any suitable manner, and if desired, connected together, and as shown the body 1 of the tile is formed of four pieces of the same size and shape, while an inner or bottom piece 3 is formed of a smaller size, in order to form a shoulder or rabbet portion 4 by the side edges of the same and the bottom of the next succeeding body piece for supporting the tile in the spaces 6.

The pieces 2 forming the body 1 and bottom 3 of the improved light or tile 1 may be secured together in any suitable manner, such as by a suitable cement, and when used form a solid and compact tile for instant use. When the tile 1 is placed within the sidewalk a and used, the upper, lower and the varying conditions at once, the result of wh ch 1s unequal expansion and contraction which seeks relief in sudden fracture,

and causes the condition of broken tiles,

leaking sidewalks and unsightly surfaces ata glass tile formed of separate pieces reduces expansion and contraction to a minimum, while practical experience with a tile so described has proven its standing without injury under the above conditions, and being formed of a plurality of pieces of glass of nearly uniform thickness throughout the tile is practically without strain.

It will be understood that the improved tile can be placed in skylights, vertical and otherwise and that various modifications and changes in the material, design, shape and application of the. same may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

What is claimed as the invention and de sired to be secured by Letters Patentis:

1. article of the class described in cluding a plurality of superposed horizontal lam nat e s f t ansparen m t ria said laminations'being capable of being supported as an integer.

2. An article of the class described'including a plurality of superposed horizontal laminations of transparent material, said laminations being capable of being supported as an integer, and a film of transparent adhesive material between the laminations for uniting the laminations;

In testimony whereofi'l the said HENRY O. Snrrr' have hereunto set myhand.

HENRY 0 SEI P- Witnesses: H

J, N. Comm, T. B. HUMP RIEs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0. 

